...Creative Education 2012. Vol.3, Supplement, 61-66 Published Online December 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) DOI:10.4236/ce.2012.38b014 Critical Success Factors for Online Distance Learning in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature Bussakorn Cheawjindakarn1, Praweenya Suwannatthachote2, Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri3 1 Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: bussakornonline@gmail.com, praweenya@gmail.com, anuchai@gmail.com 2 Received 2012 The aim of this paper is to specify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Online Distance Learning (ODL) in Higher Education (HE). Research methodology was analyzing and synthesizing the literature review. The literatures were reviewed to determine items relevant to online learning success as implementation, criteria and indicator. A total of 19 papers, published during 2000-2012, were selected from Chulalongkorn University reference databases. Data analysis method was using one of the popular analysis techniques for qualitative research works or the content analysis. The results on the CSFs for ODL can be grouped into 5 factors: 1) institutional management, 2) learning environment, 3) instructional design, 4) services support and 5) course evaluation. Each of these 5 factors includes several important elements that can assist to enhance efficiency of online learning courses in higher education institutions...
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...Abstract Distance Learning has made tremendous growth all over the world during the last three decades. The growth in number of distance learning institutions, increase in number of programmes/courses, exponential growth in literature on distance learning, increasing number of conferences and th growth in number of distance learners all these have contributed...
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...experience from falling through the cracks. He uses his article to emphasize the diverse group of people that online education helps. Everyone from working adults, people in the military, incarcerated re-entry students, people in work-force training, and people that are enrolled in traditional classes. His purpose is to connect the largest number of people possible to the success of the Rio Salado online program so that they can identify with, and support his argument that online learning is making education better for everyone. But is Bustamante’s opinion biased? By using “our” to refer to himself in relationship to the school, it...
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...III in Education Support CHC30213 CHC30213 Opening Opportunities At Open Colleges, we are passionate about helping people from all walks of life to achieve their aspirations and dreams. For more than 100 years, we have been opening opportunities for people across Australia. Today, Open Colleges is blazing a new trail in online education – creating Australia’s leader in next generation learning. Why study with Open Colleges? • Freedom – study where you want, when you want • Our courses and learning materials have been designed specifically for online learning • Our trainers and assessors are industry professionals with experience in supporting online students • Our dedicated student support team is there to help you every step of the way • Our virtual campus – OpenSpace – provides you with opportunities to interact with trainers and assessors, and students • Many of our courses are nationally recognised and meet professional licensing or registration requirements. of teaching and training Certificate III in Education Support CHC30213 This new qualification has been developed specifically to provide those working as teacher aides – or seeking work in the field – with the skills to assist teachers in a range of classroom contexts. The role of teacher aide is a popular first step for individuals seeking to establish careers working in education, as well...
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...What is the competency? In the field of special education, students were not always given the support and adequate education. The legal system has changed to guarantee students are receiving the best quality education and each district is held to the highest standards to guarantee students with learning disabilities are receiving the best education. According to Preliminary Credential Competency Checklist (2014), competency 1.2 Historical and Legal Foundation address the importance to enforce special education practice of FAPE, LRE, nondiscriminatory assessments, and the parents right to due process (**p.**). Enforcing the students rights in their education during student teaching is aligned with school district policies. During the time of...
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...analysis of accessibility support demands in electronic learning systems in the context of Higher Education Information Services. Your reasons and purposes for undertaking this project This programme of study continues personal research and professional practice in the field of Information Science, particularly within the area of end-user systems accessibility. Within Higher Education, there is evidence of constant innovation and changing approaches to provision of online services; however, the wide ranging and long term issue of user accessibility has clearly become a secondary consideration. My PhD research should underpin improved provision of accessible systems for adult learners who are disabled (as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act and amendments). Your research project Most recently, the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) has become an important feature of electronic service delivery within the HE Information Services sector, demanding close attention to issues of functionality, sustainability and usability. Whilst some research has begun to examine the functionality of e-learning systems, little attention has been paid to usability issues, in particular to the accessibility of complex Web based interfaces for disabled users. Standards for achieving accessibility via technical specifications and interface design have been established for the conventional Web, however, it remains to be seen how far e-learning systems are conforming to...
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...Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document Student’s Name Institution Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document In Catholic schools, religious education is the first area of learning. Religious education enables children and the youth to justify, explain and understand Christian message and teachings as they are taught by the Catholic Church (Carswell, 2001). Religious education is taught to all those who follow and believe in Christ in the world. Through learning, students are taught research, guided on how to study and overall learn how Christians should live (Ryan, 2003). These students also get to know the distinctive vision of the Catholic Church. The Catholic curriculum systematically directs students and enhances them to reflect critically on the meaning of being a Catholic (Carswell, 2001). In Australia, Religious Education Curriculum is imperative, and a must learn program for all years of schooling. This Program, which is denoted as K-12 contains what is to be covered in the Religious curriculum (Ryan, 2003). Time allocations are prescribed to this curriculum about the age of the learners. This program is part of the learning experience and is mandated by Australian Bishops. Its primary objective is to raising religious knowledge and awareness. In Australia, Religious Education is an extremely acclaimed feature of the Australian Catholic schools through...
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...Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document Student’s Name Institution Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document In Catholic schools, religious education is the first area of learning. Religious education enables children and the youth to justify, explain and understand Christian message and teachings as they are taught by the Catholic Church (Carswell, 2001). Religious education is taught to all those who follow and believe in Christ in the world. Through learning, students are taught research, guided on how to study and overall learn how Christians should live (Ryan, 2003). These students also get to know the distinctive vision of the Catholic Church. The Catholic curriculum systematically directs students and enhances them to reflect critically on the meaning of being a Catholic (Carswell, 2001). In Australia, Religious Education Curriculum is imperative, and a must learn program for all years of schooling. This Program, which is denoted as K-12 contains what is to be covered in the Religious curriculum (Ryan, 2003). Time allocations are prescribed to this curriculum about the age of the learners. This program is part of the learning experience and is mandated by Australian Bishops. Its primary objective is to raising religious knowledge and awareness. In Australia, Religious Education is an extremely acclaimed feature of the Australian Catholic schools through...
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...Why Work and Learning in Canada Must Account for Canadian Realities and Management Perspectives Work and learning in Canada is different than work and learning in other countries. Immigration into Canada has produced a very diverse society which translates to a diverse workforce. Canadian realities and management perspectives play a major role in work and learning in Canada. Canada is an expensive country to live in, and it is important for Canadians to graduate from high school and attend college or university thereafter. Learning for Canadians does not stop at college or university graduation. Canadians continue to learn in the work environment. When someone starts a new job, there is a lot of learning that takes place in order for an employee to perform the duties associated with their job. Depending on the role, the learning can take years. New computer software programs are constantly being introduced or changed so employees are challenged to keep up with new programs which ultimately change the way employees perform their roles. In for profit organizations the focus is on profit so if fewer employees can do more with training, then employers are willing to invest in education because education is less expensive than hiring more employees. Incentives may be provided to employees to encourage increased productivity. Many people I’ve spoken with have mentioned how busy they are at work and it is not uncommon for them to be working longer hours to keep up. ...
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...November 30, 2012 Education and Technology Almost all aspects of our every day lives have come to revolve around all the new technologies that we are being introduced to day in and day out. There is nothing to new or too out of our leagues, from the newest, most hip social networking site to the next big piece of technology, this generation never faces anything we are to afraid to try. So, why not mix something so exciting and new with our old, bored learning styles to make them better. Implementing the use of social networking and mobile devices in education could have very positive impacts on our learning process, leading to a more satisfying and pleasing learning environment. With the literature presented, this essay will explore how these different forms of technologies should be implemented and how they would best supplement the education process today. This will all be used to support the claim that mobile technologies and social networking are both supplemental to the president day education system. In Hung and Yuen’s article “Educational Use of Social Networking Technology in Higher Education” they conduct an experiment studying how social networking could supplement a face to face course. They were looking to see if it would enhance the students’ sense of community and conclude that students had an overwhelmingly positive response when supplementing their face-to-face courses with the social networking site. They discuss that the students’ positive learning experience was...
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...Nowadays, technology is growing rapidly and it creates great and modern devices. The growing technology has spread its ability to various fields. Technology refers to the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input and output relation or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas such as construction technology, medical technology, and information technology. Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies which including today's global economy and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. (May Principe, 2012) According to Lai Mun Chow and Yap Su Fei (2004), Malaysia is an emerging Asian economy aspiring to move towards a technology-driven and high-tech production-based pattern of development and thus replicate the experience of the newly industrializing economies (NIEs) of Asia. In fact, Malaysia has been categorized in the group of countries that have the potential to create new technologies on...
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...The inclusion of individuals with ASD into mainstream classroom settings first began with the introduction of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and later reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990. These laws ensured that all children no matter their disability were included into classroom settings, even though they may not have been given the proper learning environment needed to succeed. Inclusion in the education system has created a lot of controversy among teachers, parents, and other individuals that may be affected by this topic. This controversy represents the decision to incorporate students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) into mainstream classrooms rather than special learning...
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...Technology Impact on Higher Education Shoong Wai Kin Master in Information Communication Management 18 November 2012 Evaluation of Technology Impact on Higher Education The important role played by ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in today’s world cannot be denied by anyone, whether it is in the corporate world, social, home and so on. Technology has changed the way on how universities teach and how the students learn. The advancement and pervasiveness of ICT in the 21st century and in the world today means that many nations have been relying on technology to handle and address many arising challenges faced in the education field. Some literature reviews were done in this paper where we would look into the needs of learners today, what and how they learn, how ICT could be used in learning, the new culture of learning through online learning and virtual classroom, how e-learning was accepted among the learners and what were the barriers to ICT implementation in higher education institutions. Introduction Peter and Hong (2011) pointed out that in the past few decades; there have been great changes in education, especially to those economical advanced countries. The arising issues of massification, internationalization, diversification and marketisation in higher education were brought about by political, economical and social changes as well as the globalization and global economic crisis. These issues had...
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... 1. Introduction 7 Education Act 1998 9 Primary School Curriculum (1999) 10 Developments in assessment since 1990 10 Context and purpose of an overarching statement on assessment 10 The structure of the document 11 2. Recent developments in assessment 13 Assessment for teaching and learning 16 Assessment across the curriculum 16 A range of modes of assessment 17 Assessment and the early identification of learning difficulties 18 Recording and reporting the results of assessment 19 Assessment competencies 19 Professional development for teachers 20 2 3. Re-envisioning assessment 21 What is assessment? 23 Assessment for learning and assessment of learning 23 Assessment and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 28 Access to assessment information 29 4. General considerations in developing an overarching statement on assessment in primary schools 33 5. Developing a school policy on assessment 37 The use of assessment results for the purposes of assessment for learning 39 The use of assessment results for the purposes of assessment of learning 40 The different dimensions of the child’s learning and development that should be assessed 40 The assessment of children at different stages throughout their primary school education 42 Diagnostic assessment and the early identification of learning difficulties 42 Recording...
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...Abstract Learning is an important psychological process by which a person constructs knowledge, skills and capabilities. The use of technologies is becoming ubiquitous throughout today’s society. As philosophies and practice move toward learner-centered pedagogies, technology, in a parallel move, is now able to provide new affordances to the learner. The unique attributes of mobile learning provide a new approach to Education Industry. Mobile learning (mLearning) is another form of supplementary learning that has the potential to enrich the learning. The main inflections of this research study is to better understand the students' viewpoint and attitude towards the use of mobile learning in education industry of India .The biggest advantage of mobile technology is that it can be used anywhere, anytime and adopt their mobile learning systems with the aim of improving communication and enriching students' learning experiences in their curriculum study. Mobile phones (MPs) are the raising technological tools amongst the teachers and students especially at higher educational institutions....
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